Nurosafe was established in 1990 in Sydney, Australia by Dr. Adrian Cohen as Necksafe Ltd. and became Nurosafe in 2019.

Nurosafe is registered by the Australian Charities and Not For Proﬁts Commission (ACNC) as a Health Promotion Charity (HPC) with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status and is dedicated to the elimination of preventable head and neck injuries through awareness, advocacy, education and research.

https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/3b4a9cff-39af-e811-a962-000d3ad24a0d/profile

Nurosafe provides these education and training programmes:

Necksafe: the acute management of spinal injury

Concussion Training: concussion management

Our chief areas of advocacy are:

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) research through brain donation and the Australian Sports Brain Bank
A concussion centre for Australia: multidisciplinary centre (doctors, physios, rehab, assessment, treatment and research)
Second Impact Syndrome: A Lystedt Law for Australia: legislation to prevent adolescents being sent back into play / training
Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS)
Past player advocacy for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES): early cognitive decline, motor system problems like Parkinson’s Disease and mental health disturbances leading to depression and suicide
Female concussion predisposition
Eliminating “the bump” in AFL football
ConcussionWatch Website www.concussionwatch.com.au
MAYDAY Call: extension internationally of Australian scrum-collapse protocol